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Littleton Resident Arrested on Suspicion
Of Providing Handgun Used in Killings

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Christopher Cooper Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated May 4, 1999 12:07 a.m. ET

LITTLETON, Colo. -- Investigators in the Columbine High School massacre said that Mark Edward Manes, a 22-year-old Littleton resident, was arrested on suspicion of providing a handgun to a juvenile in connection with the April 20 murders of 12 students and one teacher at the suburban Denver school.

A spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department said that Mr. Manes, who was interviewed by authorities last week, turned himself in Monday and later was released from county jail on $15,000 bail. He is expected to be...